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Veterans Memorial Park

14300 Veterans Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22191 (703) 792-8794

LITTLE ACORNS AGES 3-5

Weekly themes will excite your child as we explore nature and learn about the incredible Join us for Join us for world around us. Filled with age appropriate activities, trail hikes, creative games and crafts to encourage their imagination and development skills. Campers will spend time Back to Camp Night Back to Camp Night outdoors and cool off inside our air-conditioned activity center. Please apply sunscreen and bug spray before you arrive to camp. This is a drop off program, parent participation not required. June 8th 6-8 pm 207019 VA M-Th Jun 14-17 Under the Let us explore and learn about what swims, grows, and plays in the ocean. 9:30a-12:30p Sea We will explore our streams and ponds in the park as well! $80

207019 VB M-F Jun 21-25 9:30a-12:30p Art in the Park We will explore natural art as we walk our trails and fields. Using nature as our inspiration, we will create art using sticks, berries, leaves, and bark. $100

207019 VC M-F Jun 28-Jul 2 9:30a-12:30p 207019 VD T-F Jul 6-9 9:30a-12:30p 207019 VE M-F Jul 12-16 9:30a-12:30p A Bugs Life Explore all the interesting small creatures that share our world. We will explore our park for different insects and peek into how they live.

Birds of a Feather Come join us as we fly way up high to learn about all the amazing, feathered friends in our park. Children will learn all about their food, habitat, and migration.

T-Rex and Friends Learn about the largest animals ever to live on earth. Let us explore our park for T-Rex footprints, find some fossils of his friends, and make crafts of his flying cousins. $100

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207019 VF M-F Jul 19-23 9:30a-12:30p 207019 VG M-F Jul 26-30 9:30a-12:30p

207019 VH M-F Aug 2-6 9:30a-12:30p

207019 VI M-F Aug 9-13 9:30a-12:30p Sticky, Icky, Fun Animals All Around the World Community Helpers

Story Book Summer Get those goggles out! Kids will be making goo and glob while learning about the natural sticky stuff, like sap, that grows in our park. Come learn about animals from A to Z this fun week. Children will enjoy learning about animals from the Aye-aye to the Zebrafish, and all the wonderful critters in our park. This week children will explore their favorite community helper and learn more about the job they do everyday. From Firefighters to Doctors, children will make crafts, play dress up and meet a few local heroes. Children will explore different types of authors on some of the most beloved children’s books. We will read the books, make crafts, and have the snacks, that will reconnect them with their favorite authors. $100

$100

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VETERANS PARK OUTDOOR SUMMER CAMP AGES 6-14

Outdoors is OPEN! Veterans Park All Day Camps will provide an entertaining, safe and enjoyable environment for your child. Our well trained, creative, and enthusiastic Camp Staff coupled with our incredible location, Veterans Park will provide the opportunity for a wide variety of outdoor activities. Your camper will come away with new friendships, new skills, and a great summer camp experience. Music, art, science, swimming, and sports activities are just a few of the many opportunities we will have for our Campers. Campers will spend most of their time outdoors, however, indoor activities are planned for inclement weather days. Join us for a week or all summer long! NEW for 2021: Mallards Ages 6-7 Herons Ages 8-10 Ospreys Ages 11-14 207500 VA M-Th Jun 14-17 Summer Olympic Let’s kick off the summer with some friendly competition! Let’s create our team flag, $160 9a-5p mascot and cheer on the US! 207500 VB M-F Jun 21-25 Mad Scientist Get those goggles out! Let’s hypothesize, research and experiment! Let's learn about $200 9a-5p the world and environment around us! 207500 VC M-F Jun 28-Jul 2 Hero Week “Who you gonna call?” Crime Busters! Wonder Women, Spider-Man, and Flash all $200 9a-5p wear masks! Let’s meet some real-life heroes who protect us every day! 207500 VD T-F Jul 6-9 Art in the Park Capture nature on film, create poetry or paint a masterpiece all while being inspired $160 9a-5p by the park setting. Attend our outside art show! 207500 VE M-F Jul 12-16 All Sports Camp Pickleball, Archery, Baseball , Swimming and more! Let’s explore games of the past $200 9a-5p and present! 207500 VF M-F Jul 19-23 Adventure Time Let’s go on an adventure as we learn about places far and near. What’s the most $200 9a-5p visited landmark in the USA? Let’s explore, hike, climb & swim. 207500 VG M-F Jul 26-30 How It's Made How’d they do that? Join us this week as we learn about your favorite foods and how $200 9a-5p they are made. Let’s learn about the art of cooking. 207500 VH M-F Aug 2-6 Animals, Animals This week we will explore our park and learn about what flies in the skies, swims in $200 9a-5p Everywhere! the river and lives in the woods at Veterans Memorial Park. 207500 VI M-F Aug 9-13 Everyone’s Got Are you an artist, a comic or a dancer? What’s your special talent? This week we will $200 9a-5p Talent! focus on the performing arts and plan for our Veterans Park Variety Show!

Extended Day Care Option Available 6–9am Before 5–7pm After See inside cover for details

ABRAKADOODLE® PRESENTS: ADVENTURE

PARK! ART CAMP

Give your creativity a whirl and create a theme park with a roller coaster, a Ferris wheel and much more. Ride along with us and explore different art materials and art techniques to create your dream amusement park. Unleash your imagination and join us on this fun adventure while you play with your new friends and have an outrageously fun time! 207199 VA Ages 6-12 M-F Jul 26-30 / 9:30a-12:30p $185 207199 VB Ages 3-5 M-F Jul 26-30 / 1p-2p $78

ABRAKADOODLE® PRESENTS: ARTOSAURUS! STEAM CAMP AGES

Explore the wild world of dinosaurs and other reptiles! Learn about prehistoric animals, make dinosaur eggs, create fossils and habitats. Dig into the life of dinosaurs and your creativity! Experiment with a variety of art techniques while you learn about science, technology, engineering, and math concepts used to study extinct animals. Play games, make new friends, and have a ferociously fun time! 207199 VC Ages 6-12 M-F Jun 21-25 / 9:30a-12:30p $185 207199 VD Ages 3-5 M-F Jun 21-25 / 1p-2p $78

ABRAKADOODLE® PRESENTS: GREAT BIG MESSY ART CAMP

Oh, go ahead and make a mess! That’s what this camp is all about – messy art and creative imagination-expanding experiences! Everything we do is messy: sticky spaghetti designs, paint that fizzes and POPS, messy portraits that match our own messy faces, squeeze art and African mud painting! These happy creative experiments spark our imaginations. So come mess with Abrakadoodle®, winner of “the best art class to bring out your child’s inner Picasso!” 207199 VE Ages 6-12 M-F Aug 2-6 / 9:30a-12:30p $185 207199 VF Ages 3-5 M-F Aug 2-6 / 1p-2p $78

ABRAKADOODLE® PRESENTS: LET’S GO CAMPING! ART CAMP

Let’s have camping fun without leaving the art room! This art camp takes us to an imaginary world where we will hike, build a campfire, create a nature tapestry, and learn about wild animals. We will learn all about camping by mapping our campground, designing our own camping trailer, and “collecting” bugs in a jar. We will use our imagination and explore painting, printing, collage, nature tapestry and other art media. We will have fun with camping games, creating cool art projects, and making new friends—without real mosquitoes! 207199 VG Ages 6-12 M-F Jul 12-16 / 9:30a-12:30p $185 207199 VH Ages 3-5 M-F Jul 12-16 / 1p-2p $78

ARCHERY CAMP - NOCK IT, AIM, SHOOT

AGES 8-15

Learn the safe and effective way to handle and shoot recurve and compound bows, while understanding the differences between them. Training provided by National Archery Association certified instructors. Friday will be used as a make-up day in the event of inclement weather. 207015 VA M-Th Jun 21-24 / 9:30a-11:30a $100

EXPLORE ARCHERY AGES 8-15

This is a versatile archery education program that is fun, rewarding, progressive and, most important, safe. Explore Archery will help strengthen basic archery skills and build confidence throughout the course. Each week’s activities will be fun, exciting, challenging all while improving fundamental skills, earning awards and achievements. Training provided by National Archery Association certified instructors. Friday will be used as a make-up day in the event of inclement weather. 207015 VB M-Th Jul 26-29 / 9:30a-11:30a $100 207015 VC M-Th Aug 9-12 / 9:30a-11:30a $100

LET’S GO SKATE! CAMP AGES 8-15

Learn the fundamentals or improve your current skateboarding skills. Through our skate camps youth will learn to establish goals like learning their first trick, skating different obstacles at Veterans Skatepark, and getting the confidence they need to compete in competitions. Skateboarding is a global activity that improves physical fitness, provides stress relief, and is a great means of transportation. Pads and helmets required. Bring your board and Let’s Skate! Skatepark will be closed to the general public while camp is in session. For safety measures ONLY registered participants will be permitted in the park during camp. Please bring helmet, skateboard and pads to camp each day. Helmet and pads are required. 207018 VA M-F Jun 21-25 / 9a-1p $185 207018 VB M-F Jul 12-16 / 9a-1p $185 207018 VC M-F Jul 26-30 / 9a-1p $185 207018 VD M-F Aug 9-13 / 9a-1p $185

YOUTH PICKLEBALL ACADEMY AGES 8-12

Did you know that Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America? Get your kids involved in a lifelong sport by registering for our camp today! The camp will focus on rules, skills, basic strategy, and game play. All equipment is provided. Class will meet daily at the NEW outdoor Pickleball Courts. Fridays will be make up days in the event of inclement weather. Please wear tennis shoes, apply sunscreen prior to arriving to camp, and bring a refillable water bottle. 207018 VF M-Th Jun 28-Jul 1 / 9:30a-11:30a $85 207018 VG M-Th Jul 19-22 / 9:30a-11:30a $85 207018 VH M-Th Aug 2-5 / 9:30a-11:30a $85

INTERMEDIATE ARCHERY AGES 10-16

Intermediate archery is for those who have previously participated in the basic archery camp, archery in the schools, boy scouting archery or similar. The focus will be on improving skills and techniques covered in the basic archery camp. Training provided by National Archery Association certified instructors. Participants MUST have competency in basic archery. Please call Veterans Park to register for this session. 207015 VD T-F Jul 6-9 / 9:30a-12p $125

SUMMER CAMP SHOWCASE

May 22, 10a-2p • FREE

While visiting Veterans Park stop by our Free Summer Camp Showcase Tent! Come see what our Outdoor Summer Camps are all about! #207000 VA

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